Due August 2012 Thread

new look · 17-01-2012 8:50pm

Aw mammytobe, the post christmas parties are crap. There's been something every weekend in January! Thought we'd all be safe after Christmas but still making excuses for not drinking!!!
I've started looking forward to Wednesday nights just to watch One Born Every Minute! I know it's mad but it is funny and I'm trying to convince myself I'll not be as loud/aggressive/mental as some of them are!
Is anyone else in the 8/9 week slump? I feel like when it's time to tell people I'll not be excited anymore!!!

Betsie_xr3i · 17-01-2012 9:54pm

Its so hard coming up with excuses as to why not drinking fair sick of it really,

feel like Im coming down with a fecking cold again only over one :-(

on the up side found out that i have Saturday off work can't wait for a lie in and i had booked myself a facial for sat afternoon so i plan on having a relaxing day now all i need to do tell is get rid of the oh and the dog for a few hours would be great haha :-)

mammytobe · 18-01-2012 12:00am

aww a facial just sounds like bliss! enjoy!!

laura. · 18-01-2012 2:37am

Aww thanks Girls, I have to admit I have forgotten the horrendous experience now, and am just so so glad that everything is ok.

Mummytobe, please don't be letting yourself get down, our hormones are completely running amok, and one day we are delighted the next we feel like sitting and crying all day and don't want to get dressed. I have caught glimpses of myself in the mirror in the last few day and being honest felt like breaking down, but I had a lovely shower today and for first time since Christmas day I put on make up and took my daughter to the cinema for a little girls day out. If you like the idea of betsie going for a facial, go you for one, go and treat yourself, and I bet you will feel fabulous for the rest of the day.

Girls we all have to remember that we are going through the same thing, might be a couple of weeks difference but what they hell. Imagine how bloody fantastic we are all going to feel in August, walking down the roads cooing into our top of the range travel systems at the beautiful little life we (yes WE) created.

Julie London · 18-01-2012 10:19am

Anyone else worried aboput how they will cope when the babys born!. Im living in a different county 4 hours from family and friends for work. I have a 2 year old and my husband works nights. I keep thinking im going to crack up when i have a 3 year old and a baby and no one there at night and the husband obviously needing to sleep all day. im frightened and dont know if im being unreasnoble complaining due to being pregnant. I just want to move home but no chance of that as we cannot pack in our jobs

Betsie_xr3i · 18-01-2012 2:56pm

Haven't really thought about it yet, i live 1.5 hours away from my family but my OH family are only 10 minute drive away so they will be a big help,

try not to stress yourself out too much about it Julie, hopefully things will work out for you :-)

Betsie_xr3i · 19-01-2012 9:17pm

Had a bit of a scare today ladies, was in work this morning went to the bathroom and these was some blood in the toilet and there was also some on my pants, complete freak out so rang the other half at work and he raced home, went into the doc and he just sent me straight to the hospital, got to the hospital and sent straight up to the gyn clinic and was put sitting into a waiting room there for 3hours before anyone came to see me. In the mean time the bleeding stopped. Had a scan took a while for them to find a heart beat, she had to call in another doc in i was really fecking out at this stage, other doc came in in about 30seconds had found the heart beat, such a relief he just told me to go home, rest for a few days and if there was any more bleeding just to go straight in again.

mammytobe · 19-01-2012 11:16pm

Betsie_xr3i wrote: »

Had a bit of a scare today ladies, was in work this morning went to the bathroom and these was some blood in the toilet and there was also some on my pants, complete freak out so rang the other half at work and he raced home, went into the doc and he just sent me straight to the hospital, got to the hospital and sent straight up to the gyn clinic and was put sitting into a waiting room there for 3hours before anyone came to see me. In the mean time the bleeding stopped. Had a scan took a while for them to find a heart beat, she had to call in another doc in i was really fecking out at this stage, other doc came in in about 30seconds had found the heart beat, such a relief he just told me to go home, rest for a few days and if there was any more bleeding just to go straight in again.

My god my heart goes out to you! Must have been so scary for you and OH!
Fingers crossed everything will be ok.

Betsie_xr3i · 20-01-2012 8:11am

Yeah it was and to be honest in still kinda scared, every time i go to the toilet now i expect to see some blood,

didn't sleep much at all last night, Im was told to rest for a few days so no work for me till next week, i hate sitting around and doing nothing but ill have to be good. Hopefully i might get some sleep today maybe.

Julie London · 20-01-2012 9:43am

Betsie it happened to me to. the blood stopped and started for a week. I took a week off work and i sat or lay down as much as I could. And im fine now. So please do not panic. Rest this weekend, eat whatever you want! own the remote control! and dont do anything.

Betsie_xr3i · 20-01-2012 9:58am

Yeah i plan on taking it very easy for the next couple of days Julie, thanks for trying to reassure me though.still panic though x

scunners · 20-01-2012 12:32pm

So sorry to hear that Betsie, and all that waiting at the hospital sounds like a nightmare. I'm sure everything will be absolutely fine and this will just be a bad memory before too long. anything you can do to distract yourself for the next few days while you're taking it easy? Boxsets and magazines are always good for me! x

scunners · 20-01-2012 12:41pm

Julie London wrote: »

Anyone else worried aboput how they will cope when the babys born!. Im living in a different county 4 hours from family and friends for work. I have a 2 year old and my husband works nights. I keep thinking im going to crack up when i have a 3 year old and a baby and no one there at night and the husband obviously needing to sleep all day. im frightened and dont know if im being unreasnoble complaining due to being pregnant. I just want to move home but no chance of that as we cannot pack in our jobs

Hi Julie, are you still feeling worried about this? This is my first baby and my family are around so that makes it more straightforward, but I still have no idea how I'll cope though. Don't think you're being unreasonable at all, you're bound to worry in that situation, but hopefully the new baby will be easy to settle into good nights and you'll be fine. Are your family able to give you a bit of support? Would anyone be able to be on standby to come and stay for a few nights every so often in the first few weeks/months, in case things are really hard? Might make you feel better to have a back-up plan, even if you never need it?

Julie London · 20-01-2012 1:14pm

scunners wrote: »

Hi Julie, are you still feeling worried about this? This is my first baby and my family are around so that makes it more straightforward, but I still have no idea how I'll cope though. Don't think you're being unreasonable at all, you're bound to worry in that situation, but hopefully the new baby will be easy to settle into good nights and you'll be fine. Are your family able to give you a bit of support? Would anyone be able to be on standby to come and stay for a few nights every so often in the first few weeks/months, in case things are really hard? Might make you feel better to have a back-up plan, even if you never need it?

I have my mother in law coming for one week. and my mother for a week. so thats good. Its just the hardship of never getting a moment to myself and trying to hold down a full time job and parent 2 kids alone all week (not hubbys fault he a hard worker). My first baby did not sleep through the night till she was aged 1 year. and only after we did the tough love controlled crying for 3 nights on the trot. It was hard. Its the being woken at night and working that i found horrendous. I got depressed and was a shadow of myself. then after she started sleeping at age 1 i slowly started returning to myself. now she is 2 im 100% better and its all going great. But i cannot forget that first year.

Betsie_xr3i · 20-01-2012 1:51pm

scunners wrote: »

So sorry to hear that Betsie, and all that waiting at the hospital sounds like a nightmare. I'm sure everything will be absolutely fine and this will just be a bad memory before too long. anything you can do to distract yourself for the next few days while you're taking it easy? Boxsets and magazines are always good for me! x

have magazines on order OH will bring them home after work, and i have loads of movies here to watch, the poor dog knows there is something up she is just lying at the bottom of my feet and not moving just sleeping, she is normally hyper haha,

thanks for the concern though fingers crossed everything will be ok,

Julie London · 20-01-2012 2:31pm

Betsie_xr3i wrote: »

have magazines on order OH will bring them home after work, and i have loads of movies here to watch, the poor dog knows there is something up she is just lying at the bottom of my feet and not moving just sleeping, she is normally hyper haha,

thanks for the concern though fingers crossed everything will be ok,

Trust me Betsie once that heartbeat was detected your going to be fine. The little heartbeat is the key thing . Your chance of miscarriage goes down significantly once you have that heartbeat. Ray foley on tonight with a new take me out! if you like that it might take your mind off it

Betsie_xr3i · 20-01-2012 5:30pm

Thanks Julie have a night in front of the telly planned alright,

Grapefruit Moon · 20-01-2012 6:14pm

Jesus Betsie that must have been so frightening, can't believe they left you sit in the waiting room for 3 hours without being seen??? That's ridiculous. But great news that they found the heartbeat, he/she will be absolutely fine. And like the others said rest up and take it easy for the next wee while and give yourself every chance to recuperate.
I gave myself a stupid scare today, I work with kids and was doing an art project that used some chemicals I've used before, but I didn't think about potential impact on pregnancy. I got really light headed and dizzy and a bit nauseous and started to freak out a bit in case it was toxic for pregnancy. Checked the safety data sheet thing and it isn't, so it was just me being extra sensitive to smells etc. but my god did I feel so stupid and annoyed with myself. Got a real scare. But at least that's a lesson learned and I'll be aware to watch out and plan better in the future.
Have our first scan tomorrow, will just be 10 weeks but all I want is to hear a strong healthy heartbeat and finally be reassured this is happening!!

scunners · 20-01-2012 8:33pm

Grapefruit Moon wrote: »

Have our first scan tomorrow, will just be 10 weeks but all I want is to hear a strong healthy heartbeat and finally be reassured this is happening!!

Exciting!! Let us know how it goes!

Betsie_xr3i · 20-01-2012 8:38pm

Yeah thought it was crazy myself as i was so nervous and scared and so was my oh but he was trying to be brave for my sake,

Its mad doing things without thinking really, at least the chemical was safe. I find myself strong smells age making me sick. Best of luck with your scan tomorrow, its wonderful seeing it for the 1st time enjoy x

mammytobe · 20-01-2012 9:24pm

Let us know how your scan goes Grapefruit moon!

I went to docs during week, but I didnt get a pregnancy test or blood test or any tests for that matter. Just filled out form for the scan which she said she would fax to hospital.
I dunno, is this normal???

Hope everyone has a lovely weekend

0ctober · 21-01-2012 12:54pm

Grapefruit Moon wrote: »

Have our first scan tomorrow, will just be 10 weeks but all I want is to hear a strong healthy heartbeat and finally be reassured this is happening!!

Ooo exciting, hope all is well! Have mine on Thursday and the days are draaaaging, can't wait!

emmabrighton · 21-01-2012 2:33pm

Hello ladies, just did the clearly pregnancy test last night and the indicator returned 3+ weeks pregnant. I had very strong suspicions as was a week late and my breasts were unbelievably tender. So, i took the test and let the oh reason the result. So it was the opposite of how it is in the movies. He told me

so nervous as its my first and haven't seen my gyno yet. Don't know when to tell the family. My sis is due in a few weeks.

0ctober · 21-01-2012 3:38pm

Congrats Emma!

I know it can all be a bit scary at first, but just enjoy it (apart from the nausea and sore boobs etc!)

You should go see your GP just to get it confirmed then go about picking your hospital etc. It's up to you when you tell your family, a lot of people wait til 12 weeks, I told mine pretty much straight away but I'm still living at home so it would have been hard to hide it!

Hope your not feeling too icky and congrats again! :P

Betsie_xr3i · 21-01-2012 6:56pm

Congratulations Emma believe me i know about surprises but can't wait now to see what happens,

i was about 7weeks when we told our family's but couldn't wait any longer but still haven't told others. Can't wait to tell though :-)

Grapefruit Moon · 22-01-2012 9:32am

Hi all,
Thanks so much for the good luck wishes. Yesterday was great!

Didn't really know what to expect and then as soon as the soonographer put the scan thing on my belly, our baby popped up on the screen. Oh my god, so surreal and brilliant! I couldn't stop crying but had to try cos every time I moved my belly the pic went!

So there he was (I'm sure it's a he, no real reason!), hands waving, could even seen his little fingers, everything the right size and the right place and as it should be. Hearing the heartbeat was immense, and seeing the wee heart beating too, just wow. Was so so relieved and now the happiness and excitement is kicking in properly for the first time, yey!!

Best of luck to everyone here to, exciting times!!

Betsie_xr3i · 22-01-2012 10:33am

glad everything went so well for you grapefruit moon, its wonderful seeing the baby just moving around in there

new look · 22-01-2012 4:24pm

Aw so exciting Grapefruit Moon! Sounds like it was truly fantastic. Can't wait to get to that stage!
Is anyone else completely and utterly exhausted to the point where ye can hardly do anything? I knew I'd be tired but I didn't think I'd be floored this much

Betsie_xr3i · 22-01-2012 6:00pm

Oh don't talk to me about being tired, Im so tired i don't have energy for anything at all and its wrecking my head :-(

0ctober · 22-01-2012 9:31pm

Tell me about it, by 3.00pm I'm ready for bed! It's impossible to concentrate too, I find I just completely lose track mid-sentence, damn pregnancy brain!

Oh and Grapefruit Moon delighted your scan went well, it sounds amazing! I can't wait for mine but I'm nervous too, just hope everything is ok.

laura. · 23-01-2012 2:03pm

Aww Betsie, sounds like you have had an awful time, but glad everything is ok now again. Hope your resting and lounging about letting the oh treat you like royalty

That's great news about your scan Grapefruit, really puts your mind at rest when you have a scan done, even just to see the heartbeat going like mad made me almost cry. I think it is the unexpected we are all afraid of. If we went by everything we read on the internet we would be quivering wrecks wrapped up in bubble wrap lol. Think we have to keep remembering how well cushioned our little beans are in there, and our body's were built for this, so we shouldn't be so afraid.

Anyway I'm feeling grand today, boobs are KILLING me (pain woke me this morning, but I was laying on them lol) and was extremely nauseous yesterday and zero energy, but other than that all is good. Hope we all have a good week and we're all one week closer to the second trimester YAY.

And welcome to the new momma to be

emmabrighton · 23-01-2012 8:00pm

Thanking you everyone. If Im not preggers, then there is definately something iffy going on with my boobs. Definately gone up at least one size if not more in the last 2 weeks, they also have seriously changed shape and i noticed they were all veiny last night. No sickness yet. Should i still worry that it will hit or might i be one of the lucky ones. Fingers crossed ;-)

kinioiri · 23-01-2012 9:43pm

Am so tired this time ladies. Don't remember being this tired last time and I had a 14 month old to run around after! Maybe I didn't have the time to be tired! Feel sick constantly and have dreadful ligament pains. This pregnancy is so different to my first two.

Betsie_xr3i · 24-01-2012 6:09pm

Im back to work today ladies and Im exhaustead :-( the kids are running rings around me, don't know how ill manage them over t.e next few months :-(

Grapefruit Moon · 24-01-2012 8:05pm

" I think it is the unexpected we are all afraid of. If we went by everything we read on the internet we would be quivering wrecks wrapped up in bubble wrap lol. Think we have to keep remembering how well cushioned our little beans are in there, and our body's were built for this, so we shouldn't be so afraid"

Laura you are so right, that just the kind of rational and logical thinking I need to remind myself off! And I need to stop reading scary things on the Internet!

To anyone whose tired I know how you feel, the last 2/3 weeks I was pretty much useless when I came home from work, was barely able to keep my eyes open! A few times I napped for an hour as soon as I came home, and I used my weekends to sleep and do very little so my batteries would be recharged for Monday (not possible when you have other kids I know). The other thing that helped was going for a short walk, 10/15 mins at lunch time or in the evening,when I could drag my arse outside but it does help me feel better.
Thankfully though the tiredness seems to be lifting now, so fingers crossed that lasts.

So, who is having a scan this week and when??! Good luck!!

kinioiri · 24-01-2012 9:33pm

My scan is on Monday. Can't wait.

Betsie_xr3i · 25-01-2012 4:51pm

I have another appointment in the hospital next Thursday only got the appointment in the post this morning,

my oh came home last night from work and handed me a piece of paper, i opened it and he has booked for us to go away next weekend can't wait x

mammytobe · 25-01-2012 5:19pm

Hey guys,
how long did you have to wait to get the letter for your scan? :rolleyes:

Aw how fab Betsie!!

kinioiri · 25-01-2012 9:22pm

mammytobe wrote: »

Hey guys,
how long did you have to wait to get the letter for your scan? :rolleyes:

Aw how fab Betsie!!

I had my GP appointment on the 22nd of December and got my appointment for the scan for next Monday the 30th. I am going to Clonmel. I was private last time, going public this time and my appointment is sooner!
I phoned the hospital 2 weeks ago and they told me when my appointment was. Still didn't get the letter. Hope you get your appointment soon.:)

Betsie_xr3i · 25-01-2012 9:52pm

kinioiri wrote: »

I had my GP appointment on the 22nd of December and got my appointment for the scan for next Monday the 30th. I am going to Clonmel. I was private last time, going public this time and my appointment is sooner!
I phoned the hospital 2 weeks ago and they told me when my appointment was. Still didn't get the letter. Hope you get your appointment soon.:)

im going to clonmel too,

who you under there or do you know yet?

kinioiri · 25-01-2012 10:14pm

Betsie_xr3i wrote: »

im going to clonmel too, who you under there or do you know yet?

Hi Betsie. Its the lady Doctor, Dr. Vijay. I had Dr Attia with my two boys and he was brilliant, I think he is gone now. I think because I am going public I will only meet Dr Vijay the first time and it could be someone different the following time.

Is this your first baby?

Betsie_xr3i · 25-01-2012 10:24pm

Yeah i saw Dr vjay when i was these last week, Im under Dr haq now met him in the clinic 3weeks ago not sure about him, although have to go back to him next week in the hospital so will see how i get on, yeah its my 1st baby :-)

kinioiri · 25-01-2012 10:37pm

I couldn't say a bad word about Clonmel. The midwives are excellent, really nice. This is my third baby please God. I had an early miscarriage before the two boys, so I won't settle until I see the scan on Monday. If you have any questions about Clonmel or anything about pregnancy just ask.

Betsie_xr3i · 25-01-2012 10:51pm

I will, thanks so much :-)

Yeah anything i heard about clonmel was all good,

best of luck on Monday ingestion all s well

0ctober · 26-01-2012 7:36pm

mammytobe wrote: »

Hey guys,
how long did you have to wait to get the letter for your scan? :rolleyes:

Aw how fab Betsie!!

My letter took about 3-4 weeks to come, but I sent it in with the xmas post so it probably got delayed. My appointment was very soon after I got a reply- had it today!
Had my first scan, it really was so surreal, the most amazing feeling ever! We could see the little heart beating away and baby moving around, it even gave us a little wave as if to say "hi mummy, hi daddy!" Didn't get to hear the heart beat though, but still delighted, been grinning ear to ear all day

Ahhh August seems so far away but I'm sure it'll be on top of us before we know it!

scunners · 26-01-2012 8:11pm

Sounds so exciting! Mine is still 12 days away, don't know why I thought I could wait till 12 weeks!!! Really need something exciting to happen to help with all this sickness and tiredness. Soooooon!

mammytobe · 26-01-2012 9:47pm

Thanks for your replies, its been 3 weeks now since the doctor faxed it over, but Ill wait another week then maybe give the hosp a call.

Cant wait cause the pregnancy still dosent feel real yet, ive no sickness whatsoever, suppose I shouldnt complain!!

0ctober · 27-01-2012 12:05am

I know what you mean about it not feeling real, it's only today that it's starting to really hit home, hence the big stupid grin and spending hours staring at my scan pic! Hope you're not waiting too much longer xxx

Betsie_xr3i · 28-01-2012 9:56am

so sick this morning and Im minding 3children Ages 2,4 and 6 and in no humour for it

kinioiri · 30-01-2012 8:39pm

Had my first scan today:) 11 weeks and 1 day. Still have the same due date August 18th.
Great to see the little one wriggling around:)

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